Vehicle-body



-No. 750,298. I r PATENTED JAN-26, 1904,

- R. P. MONROE.

VEHICLE BODY.

APPLIOATION FILED DEC. 2, 1902.

H0 MODEL.

'HIHII mlillll lli llnlillfl' UNITED STATES Patented January 26, 1904.

ROBERT F. MONROE, OF PONTIAC, MICHIGAN.

VEHICLE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,298, dated January 26, 1904.

Application filed December 2, 1902. Serial No. 133,554. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT F. MONROE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pontiac, in the county of Oakland and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates particularly to wagonbodies of the so-called knockdown type, the body being composed of a plurality of detachable sections, permitting the parts to be disconnected for the purpose of transportation or storage; and the invention consists in the novel and simple construction of a vehicle-body of this type and in the peculiar arrangement and combination of its various parts, as will be hereinafter described.

In the drawings illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a body, the parts being shown detached. Fig. 2 is a section taken on line 00 m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on line 1 y. Fig. 4 isa section on line a 2.

Briefly described, the body comprises a base-section A, an intermediate section consisting, preferably, of complementary subsections B and C, and a top or cover D, the parts being detachably secured together in the manner hereinafter set forth.

The base-section is composed, preferably, of a rectangular frame a, to which are attached the cross-boards b. The outer edge or marginal portion of the frame is rabbeted, as at c, for the purpose of forming a concealed or angle joint for the intermediate section. In the marginal portions of the base are also formed a plurality of sockets, such as d, the purpose of which will be presently set-forth.

The subsections, constituting the intermediate section of the vehicle-body, are preferably of like construction, each consisting of an end panel (2, parallelly-arranged side panels f and g, and uprights 'or posts H, to which the panels are secured in the manner indicated in Fig. 3.

The subsections are substantially U shape in form and are arranged upon the opposite end portions of the base within the rabbet. They are also spaced apart at their meeting portions, forming centrally-located door-openings E and F upon opposite sides of the body.

The lower ends of the posts or uprights to which the panels are attached carry projections or pins h, and when the parts are in place these pins engage the sockets formed in the base. Securing bolts Gr are also employed, the bolts, as shown, being attached to the lower ends of the section-posts and projecting through the base-section. Nuts I are threaded upon the free ends of the bolts and serve to clamp the parts tightly in place.

The upper ends of the section-posts terminate in projections J, extending flush with their inner faces, and shoulders K. The top or cover section, comprising aframe L and a cover M, attached to the frame, is mounted upon the two spaced sections, with the framework thereof resting upon the post-shoulders. Bolts O extend through the framework L of the top and the sections J of the post and hold the cover of the body in place.

From the construction of the wagon-body as set forth it will be observed that the parts composing the same are few and of simple construction and are so arranged and combined that they may be detached from one another when desired, so that the body may be quickly knocked down for the purpose of storage or transportation. It will also be noticed that by r'abbetting the base-section, so that the integral portion thereof will cover the joint between the base and the intermediate section, not only a more durable and efficient structure is produced, but a better appearance is'given to the body.

What I claim as my invention is In a wagon-body the combination with a base-section provided with a reduced marginal portion projecting outwardly from an adjoining surrounding shoulder or abutment and a plurality of apertures disposed at predetermined points around said margin, a pair of independent substantially rectangular subsections separated to form door-openings, each section having posts abutting the surrounding shoulder on the base-section and provided with pins at their lower ends fitting the apertures In testimony WhereofIafliX my signature in in the margin of said base-section, the upper presence of two Witnesses.

corners and sides of the posts being cut away to form inside proj eeting portions, and a cover ROBERT MONROE 5 having a downwardly-extending surrounding Witnesses:

flange fitting outside of said projecting por- NORMA E. VAN KLEEK,

tions of the posts and resting thereon. JOHN M. PARKER. 

